Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Axl Rose
Lead Vocals
Duff McKagan
Bass Guitar
Izzy Stradlin
Rhythm Guitar
Slash
Lead Guitar
Steven Adler
Drums
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Jeffrey Isbell
Songwriter
Saul Hudson
Songwriter
Duff McKagan
Songwriter
Steven Adler
Songwriter
Izzy Stradlin
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Mike Clink
Producer
Steve Thompson
Mixing Engineer
Michael Barbiero
Mixing Engineer
Andy Udoff
Assistant Recording Engineer
Dave Reitzas
Assistant Recording Engineer
Jeff Poe
Assistant Recording Engineer
Julian Stoll
Assistant Recording Engineer
Micajah Ryan
Assistant Recording Engineer
Ted Jensen
Mastering Engineer
Victor Deyglio
Assistant Recording Engineer
Lyrics
[Intro]
Take me down to the Paradise City
Where the grass is green and the girls are pretty
Take me home (Oh, won't you please take me home?)
Take me down to the Paradise City
Where the grass is green and the girls are pretty
Take me home (Oh, won't you please take me home?)
[Verse 1]
Just a' urchin livin' under the street, I'm a
Hard case that's tough to beat
I'm your charity case so buy me somethin' to eat
I'll pay you at another time
Take it to the end of the line
[Verse 2]
Ragz to richez or so they say, ya gotta
Keep pushin' for the fortune and fame
You know it's, it's all a gamble when it's just a game
Ya treat it like a capital crime
Everybody's doin' their time
[Chorus]
Take me down to the Paradise City
Where the grass is green and the girls are pretty
Oh, won't you please take me home? Yeah, yeah
Take me down to the Paradise City
Where the grass is green and the girls are pretty
Take me home
[Verse 3]
Strapped in the chair of the city's gas chamber
Why I'm here, I can't quite remember
The surgeon general says it's hazardous to breathe
I'd have another cigarette but I can't see
Tell me who ya gonna believe
[Chorus]
Take me down to the Paradise City
Where the grass is green and the girls are pretty
Take me home, yeah, yeah
Take me down to the Paradise City
Where the grass is green and the girls are pretty
Oh, won't you please take me home? Yeah
[Bridge]
So far away
So far away
So far away
So far away
[Verse 4]
Captain America's been torn apart, now
He's a court jester with a broken heart, he said
"Turn me around and take me back to the start"
I must be losin' my mind, "Are you blind?"
I've seen it all a million times
[Chorus]
Take me down to the Paradise City
Where the grass is green and the girls are pretty
Take me home, yeah, yeah
Take me down to the Paradise City
Where the grass is green and the girls are pretty
Oh, won't you please take me home?
Take me down to the Paradise City
Where the grass is green and the girls are pretty
Take me home, yeah, yeah
Take me down to the Paradise City
Where the grass is green and the girls are pretty
Oh, won't you please take me home?
Home
[Refrain]
I wanna go, I wanna know
Oh, won't you please take me home?
I wanna see how good you'd be
Oh, won't you please take me home?
[Chorus]
Take me down to the Paradise City
Where the grass is green and the girls are pretty
Take me home
Take me down to the Paradise City
Where the grass is green and the girls are pretty
Oh, won't you please take me home?
Take me down (Ooh, yeah)
Meet me 'round
Oh, won't you please take me home?
I wanna see how good you'd be (Oh yeah, oh yeah)
Oh, won't you please take me home?
[Outro]
I wanna see, oh, how good you'd be
Oh, I'll take you home
Take me down to the Paradise City
Where the grass is green and the girls are pretty
Oh, won't you please take me home? (Oh, won't you take me home?)
I wanna know
I wanna know
Oh, won't you please take me home?
Yeah, baby
Please!
Written by: Axl Rose, Duff McKagan, Jeffrey Isbell, Saul Hudson, Steven Adler